A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1597
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(Wele levand,) Weill levand, -luiffand, ppl. adj. [ME wel libbynge (Piers Plowman), wel lyuyng (c1400); Levand pres. p. and ppl. adj., q.v. 1 b for a further example, Lif(f)and pres. p. and ppl. adj.] That leads a good life. —a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 170/25, 29.
In weir thow wirk vpon this wyse Be gud of lyf weill luiffand ay … It proffettis mair to men of armes Gud lyf than ony vther charmes For and ane man weill luiffand be He sall do mair nor vther thre And sen gud lyf makis thé hardie [etc.] 1596–7 Misc. Spald. C. I 87.
Thow puttis on nichtlie ane gryt fyir … and sittis therat thi self wsand thi witchecraft altogidder contrarius to the natour of weill levand personis
